diff --git a/invokeai/app/invocations/controlnet_image_processors.py b/invokeai/app/invocations/controlnet_image_processors.py
index 3797722c93..e993ceffde 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/invocations/controlnet_image_processors.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/invocations/controlnet_image_processors.py
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ from controlnet_aux.util import HWC3, ade_palette
 from PIL import Image
 from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict, Field, field_validator, model_validator
 
-from invokeai.app.invocations.baseinvocation import WithMetadata
-from invokeai.app.invocations.fields import FieldDescriptions, ImageField, Input, InputField, OutputField
+from invokeai.app.invocations.fields import FieldDescriptions, ImageField, Input, InputField, OutputField, WithMetadata
 from invokeai.app.invocations.primitives import ImageOutput
 from invokeai.app.invocations.util import validate_begin_end_step, validate_weights
 from invokeai.backend.image_util.depth_anything import DepthAnythingDetector
diff --git a/invokeai/app/invocations/facetools.py b/invokeai/app/invocations/facetools.py
index 2c92e28cfe..dad6308981 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/invocations/facetools.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/invocations/facetools.py
@@ -13,11 +13,10 @@ from pydantic import field_validator
 import invokeai.assets.fonts as font_assets
 from invokeai.app.invocations.baseinvocation import (
     BaseInvocation,
-    WithMetadata,
     invocation,
     invocation_output,
 )
-from invokeai.app.invocations.fields import ImageField, InputField, OutputField
+from invokeai.app.invocations.fields import ImageField, InputField, OutputField, WithMetadata
 from invokeai.app.invocations.primitives import ImageOutput
 from invokeai.app.services.image_records.image_records_common import ImageCategory
 
diff --git a/invokeai/app/invocations/image.py b/invokeai/app/invocations/image.py
index 10ebd97ace..3b8b0b4b80 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/invocations/image.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/invocations/image.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import cv2
 import numpy
 from PIL import Image, ImageChops, ImageFilter, ImageOps
 
-from invokeai.app.invocations.baseinvocation import WithMetadata
 from invokeai.app.invocations.fields import (
     BoardField,
     ColorField,
@@ -15,6 +14,7 @@ from invokeai.app.invocations.fields import (
     ImageField,
     Input,
     InputField,
+    WithMetadata,
 )
 from invokeai.app.invocations.primitives import ImageOutput
 from invokeai.app.services.image_records.image_records_common import ImageCategory
diff --git a/invokeai/app/invocations/infill.py b/invokeai/app/invocations/infill.py
index be51c8312f..159bdb5f7a 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/invocations/infill.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/invocations/infill.py
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ from invokeai.backend.image_util.cv2_inpaint import cv2_inpaint
 from invokeai.backend.image_util.lama import LaMA
 from invokeai.backend.image_util.patchmatch import PatchMatch
 
-from .baseinvocation import BaseInvocation, WithMetadata, invocation
-from .fields import InputField
+from .baseinvocation import BaseInvocation, invocation
+from .fields import InputField, WithMetadata
 from .image import PIL_RESAMPLING_MAP, PIL_RESAMPLING_MODES
 
 
diff --git a/invokeai/app/invocations/tiles.py b/invokeai/app/invocations/tiles.py
index dd34c3dc09..0b4c472696 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/invocations/tiles.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/invocations/tiles.py
@@ -8,11 +8,10 @@ from invokeai.app.invocations.baseinvocation import (
     BaseInvocation,
     BaseInvocationOutput,
     Classification,
-    WithMetadata,
     invocation,
     invocation_output,
 )
-from invokeai.app.invocations.fields import ImageField, Input, InputField, OutputField
+from invokeai.app.invocations.fields import ImageField, Input, InputField, OutputField, WithMetadata
 from invokeai.app.invocations.primitives import ImageOutput
 from invokeai.backend.tiles.tiles import (
     calc_tiles_even_split,
diff --git a/invokeai/invocation_api/__init__.py b/invokeai/invocation_api/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e867ec3cc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/invokeai/invocation_api/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+"""
+This file re-exports all the public API for invocations. This is the only file that should be imported by custom nodes.
+
+TODO(psyche): Do we want to dogfood this?
+"""
+
+from invokeai.app.invocations.baseinvocation import (
+    BaseInvocation,
+    BaseInvocationOutput,
+    invocation,
+    invocation_output,
+)
+from invokeai.app.invocations.fields import (
+    BoardField,
+    ColorField,
+    ConditioningField,
+    DenoiseMaskField,
+    FieldDescriptions,
+    FieldKind,
+    ImageField,
+    Input,
+    InputField,
+    LatentsField,
+    MetadataField,
+    OutputField,
+    UIComponent,
+    UIType,
+    WithMetadata,
+    WithWorkflow,
+)
+from invokeai.app.invocations.primitives import (
+    BooleanCollectionOutput,
+    BooleanOutput,
+    ColorCollectionOutput,
+    ColorOutput,
+    ConditioningCollectionOutput,
+    ConditioningOutput,
+    DenoiseMaskOutput,
+    FloatCollectionOutput,
+    FloatOutput,
+    ImageCollectionOutput,
+    ImageOutput,
+    IntegerCollectionOutput,
+    IntegerOutput,
+    LatentsCollectionOutput,
+    LatentsOutput,
+    StringCollectionOutput,
+    StringOutput,
+)
+from invokeai.app.services.image_records.image_records_common import ImageCategory
+from invokeai.app.services.shared.invocation_context import InvocationContext
+from invokeai.backend.stable_diffusion.diffusion.conditioning_data import (
+    BasicConditioningInfo,
+    ConditioningFieldData,
+    ExtraConditioningInfo,
+    SDXLConditioningInfo,
+)
+
+__all__ = [
+    # invokeai.app.invocations.baseinvocation
+    "BaseInvocation",
+    "BaseInvocationOutput",
+    "invocation",
+    "invocation_output",
+    # invokeai.app.services.shared.invocation_context
+    "InvocationContext",
+    # invokeai.app.invocations.fields
+    "BoardField",
+    "ColorField",
+    "ConditioningField",
+    "DenoiseMaskField",
+    "FieldDescriptions",
+    "FieldKind",
+    "ImageField",
+    "Input",
+    "InputField",
+    "LatentsField",
+    "MetadataField",
+    "OutputField",
+    "UIComponent",
+    "UIType",
+    "WithMetadata",
+    "WithWorkflow",
+    # invokeai.app.invocations.primitives
+    "BooleanCollectionOutput",
+    "BooleanOutput",
+    "ColorCollectionOutput",
+    "ColorOutput",
+    "ConditioningCollectionOutput",
+    "ConditioningOutput",
+    "DenoiseMaskOutput",
+    "FloatCollectionOutput",
+    "FloatOutput",
+    "ImageCollectionOutput",
+    "ImageOutput",
+    "IntegerCollectionOutput",
+    "IntegerOutput",
+    "LatentsCollectionOutput",
+    "LatentsOutput",
+    "StringCollectionOutput",
+    "StringOutput",
+    # invokeai.app.services.image_records.image_records_common
+    "ImageCategory",
+    # invokeai.backend.stable_diffusion.diffusion.conditioning_data
+    "BasicConditioningInfo",
+    "ConditioningFieldData",
+    "ExtraConditioningInfo",
+    "SDXLConditioningInfo",
+]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8d25ed2091..69958064c6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ version = { attr = "invokeai.version.__version__" }
   "invokeai.frontend.web.static*",
   "invokeai.configs*",
   "invokeai.app*",
+  "invokeai.invocation_api*",
 ]
 
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